Does anyone need, or want a 65" folded Newtonian?

[glend (Glen)]

If you have recently sold a house in Sydney, and are moving to a dark site, this is just what you need, and probably the only way to afford it.

https://www.testar.com.au/collection...onian-65-f-3-5

I wonder if shipping and delivery, and setup is included?

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

With a telescope that big, you could probably sell your house and live inside the telescope. It would be like living in a meccano house by the looks.

[Huey (Michael)]

It says on the website shipping is not included. That is stingy and stops me from considering to order one

Huey

[Wilsil (Wilco)]

It doesn't come in pink :-)

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

The mirror would have to be exceptional to justify the price. Looking at the smallest in the range a 30" f3.5 with a price tag of $115,000. You could get the same from SDM for $25K albeit minus the tight redirected optical axis. Wonder whom they are targeting with this scope.

[AdamJL]

I’m loving how Testar are offering all of these awesome products these days. I can never afford them but still, it’s good to have a local seller for some of these high end things

[glend (Glen)]

It is a Canadian company, based in the province of Quebec. Their website is here:

http://www.optiquesfullum.com/telescopes/

No Canadian pricing that I can see, guess it's sort of like " if you have to ask you probably can't afford it".

Nothing new in terms of the systems, pretty standard equipment: ServoCat, Argo Navis, etc.

They do sell mirrors, so you could likely save alot of money in getting SDM to build the structure, and just importing the mirrors. That is what Al Wade did for his big Black Widow.

If you do not need SDM pretty, and are handy, maybe you could build the structure yourself.
In my opinion, there is not a big second hand market for these monsters, and they are a life long commitment in terms of storage and upkeep; but I am too practical.

[m11 (Mel)]

Normand actually posted on Cloudy nights in Nov 2020 some prices which are much cheaper than what has been posted.

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/7...st-magnitudes/

I still cant afford a 65" though scope or mirror.

[Dave882 (David)]

Wow what a beast! I’m not sure how many people globally could honestly say they NEED a 65” scope- but for those that do, I reckon they must have a more interesting life than me

[EpickCrom (Joe)]

Imagine Jupiter through this monster

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

All very well to daydream but there are some very significant practicalities to consider about a scope this size. GlenD already mentioned the storage and resale problems. A scope this size is also a monster just to move from storage to use. Then there are limitations on the lowest practical magnification. For a 65" f3.5, the limit is about 250X -300X with a widest full aperture field of view of about 15 minutes of arc. As you go to wider and lower powers, you'll progressively lose more and more light. In fact if you jump up to something like an LE50, then you'll have a magnification of 115X, a 27 minute field of view but exit pupil limitations will restrict your eye to only receiving 17% of the light coming from the main mirror similar to a 28" mirror.

There will be very few nights where seeing conditions allow you to use even the lowest 250X magnification.

Might be a good scope for chest beating at star parties but very limited in use. Depending upon your budget and the condition of your back, 16-30 inch scopes around f3.5-f5 are probably the sweet spot for those chasing large amateur apertures.

[sil (Steve)]

For the person who wants to watch Hubble watching Webb watching Voyager watching the creation?